Ge-þwǽnan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-þwǽnan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-þwǽnan
p. de; pp. ed To moisten, wet, soften; irrigare, emollire :-- Gif þat wæter hí ne geþwǽnde if the water moisten it not, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 7. Ða adrugodan heortan geþwǽnan mid ðǽm flówendan ýðon [ýðum, MS. Cot.] his láre corda arentia doctrinæ fluentis irrigare, Past. 10, 1; Swt. 61, 19; Hat. MS. 14 a, 15: 18, 5; Swt. 137, 8; Hat. MS. 27 a, 12. His lǽcas tiloden and ðone swile mid sealfum and mid beþenum geþwǽnan woldon curabant medici tumorem adpositis pigmentorum fomentis emollire, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 20. ge-þwænan
Back